As of in the present day (December thirty first), MTV’s remaining 24-hour music channels worldwide are going darkish.
BBC studies that the music community’s UK channels — MTV Music, MTV 80s, MTV 90s, Membership MTV, and MTV Stay — are amongst these signing off the air in the present day. Native media additional affirm that channels in Australia, Poland, France, Brasil, and elsewhere are shutting down. MTV’s flagship channel will stay on the air, whereas prioritizing non-music actuality programing. In an ironic, full-circle nod, MTV Music ended its broadcast by airing The Buggles’ “Video Killed the Radio Star” — the identical clip that was the primary video ever performed on MTV.
The choice to close down MTV’s music channels comes as Paramount Skydance seeks to chop prices throughout its world portfolio following its merger earlier this yr.
